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Losing my mind and not knowing it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗
The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Patrick Stewart
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That I would lose her.
That I can’t write.
It’s a toss-up between a tarantula crawling on me and dying alone.
Dying with a feeling of incompleteness.
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That I live a life with no contact with arseholes.
Just thinking about unsafe sex.
'Do you have a hobby?' It was a journalist. I went into a tirade: 'How dare you presume I'm a dabbler!'
I worked in a unisex clothes store for three days. Girls would say, 'Do I look fat in this?' I'd say, 'Yes.' I was fired.
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